H
T~slti or
Tax Itzroirns is pub
clayktorniim by IL 0. c
annum. in advance. .
ADVERTZEODIENTS, exceeding fifteen
lines are inserted at Tim us arse per line for
first insertion, and ma exam per line for
subseiuent insertions.. - Special notices in
serted before Marriages
c uand Deaths, will
be charged Axil= per line for each
i nto)
insertion. 'All resolutio of Associations ;
co mmunications of ted or individual
interest,and notices of s or Deaths
exceeding five lines, aiiiuharged TN MUSTS
par line.
1 Year. 6 mo. 3 mo.
One Column, $lOO $6O , $4O
" 60 35 25
One Square, 16 10 74
Sstray,Caution, Lost and Found, and other
advertilements, not exceeding. 10 lines,
three weeks, or less, .$1 50
Administrator's St Executor's notices ..2 00
Auditor's NollCes 2 50
Business Cards, five lilies, (pei year)..s 00
Merchants` and others, advertising their
business, will be charged $25. - They will
be entitled to 4 column, confined exclusive
ly to their business, with privilege of quarter=
ly changes.
Advertising in all oases ezeininve of
subscription to the paper.
JOB PRINTING of every kind, in Plain
and Fancy colors, done with neatness and
dispatch. Handbills, Blanks, Cards, Pam
phlets, to., of every variety and style, prin
ted at the shortest notice. The Bzroaysn
Wiled has just been re-fitted with Power
Priisses, and every thing in the Printing
lido can be executed in the most artistib
lid:inner add - at the lowest rates. TERMS
INVARIABLY CAI3H.
(garbs,
eI_IEORGE D. MONTANYE, AT.
TORNEV AT LA FV--(llffice corner ;of
Koin and Pine streets, opposite Porter's Drug
Store.
Art OCTOR EDWARD S. PERKINS,
*,l)
Offers his professional services to the chi
t.
lens of Prenchtown and vicinity. Calls prompt
ly attended to
T. DAVIES, Attorney at Law,
W• Towanda, Pa. Office with ,Wm. W?-
it
ifins, Esq. Particular attention paid to Or-
Coart business and settlement of deco.
dents estates.
M EROUR & MORROW, Attorneys
at Law, Towanda, Penn's,
The undersigned having associated themselves
together in the practice of Law, offer their pro
fesgional servi ce s to the public.
ULYSSES ItISWIIII P. D; MORROW.
Sarah 9,1865.
PATRICK , & PECK, ATTORNEYS AT
Law. Offices Patton Block,Towanda,
Patrick's block, Athens, Pa. They may be
Limited at either place.
U. W. apll3
:~~;~°-
13. MoSEAN, ATTORNEY d
-0 • COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Tcriran
ditTa.. Particular attention paid to business
in tre"Orphans' Coin. July 20. l 866:,
HENRY PEET, .Attorley at Law,
Towan la, Pa. jan27, 66.
nR. H. WESTON, DENTIST.-
Ofßee in PateOn'a Block. over Gore's Drug
and Chemical Store. ljans6
1 4 1 PWARD OVERTON Jr., Attar
--Ljney a; Law, Towanda, Pa. Office in the
C atirtlicia se. July 13,1865.
DR. R. DAVIES, LERAYBYILLE, PA.
has permanently located at the office
ormerly occupied by Dr. B. DeWitt, for the
practice of his profession. May 9,1867.
•
JOHN N. CALIFF, 4TTOBNEY
AT LAW, Towanda, Pa. Also, Govern-
ment Agent for the collection of Pensions, Back
Pay and Bounty.
/Or No charge unless successful. Office over
he Post Office and News Boom. Dec. 1, 1864.
U P. KIMBALL, Licensed Am
u. tioneer, Pottersville, Bradford Co.. Pa.
tenders his services to the public. Satisfaction
guaranteed, or no pay required. All 'orders uy
mail, addressed as above, will receive prompt
attention. Oct. 2,1867.-6 m
JOHN W. MIX, ATTORNEY AT
LAW, Towanda, Bradford Co. Pa.
General insurance and Real Estate Agent.—
Bounties and Pensions collected. N. 0.--All
busineta in tbe Orphan'. Court attended to
promptly and with pare. Office first block
',oath of Ward House ,up stairs. Oct. 24, '67.
DOCTOR B. DEWITT, PEEYSICIAN
AND SURGEON.—May be found during the
dap--unless otherwise engaged—on Main-st., a
few doors below Codding A: Russell's. Real•
deuce coiner of William and Division-sts., late
ly occupied by E. A. Parsons.
Towanda, April 28, 1867.—re
10PARSONS & CARNOCHAN, AT
J. TOBNEYS AT LAW, groy, Bradford Co
,Practice in all the Courts of the county. Col
lectiona , Made and plowptly remitted.
E. 8. - rAasoral, dl2 W. u. CABSOCIIILN:
DR. PRATE has removed, to State
street, 4first above B. S. Rissaell it, Co's
Bank). Persons from a distance desirous M con
sulting him, will be most likely to find him on
Baturd , Ly of each week. Especial attention'will
be given to snrgicarcases, and the extraction of
teeth. Gas or Ether administered *hen desired.
July 18, 1866. a D. S. 'PRATT, M. D.
FiOCTOR CHAS: F: PAINE.-Of
IF flee in Gong's Drug Store, Towanda, Pa.
Calls promptly attended to at all bears.
Towanda, November 28, 1866.
E D wi D MEEKS--AUCTIONEER
All letters addressed to him at Sugar RUB
Bradford Co. Pa., will recelvaprompt attention
FRANCIS K. POST, Painter, Tow
antra, Pa, with 10 years experience. is con.
(Went be can g ive the best satisfaction In Pa lo l ,
lug, Graining, Staining, Glazing, Papering, &c.
. air Particular attention paillb Jobbing In the
country.T . .4)4 II 9, 18t8.
1 K. VAUGHAN —4l,:r'ithitect _and
u • Builder.—All kinds. of kichitatural de
signs furnished. Ornamental work in' Stone,
Iron and Wood. Office on Main street, over
Bruise!! & Co.'s Bank. Attention given to &L
-eal Architecture, such assaying out of grounds,
&c. ' April 1, 1867.-Iy.
J. NEWELL,
II
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
Orwell, Bradford Co. , Pa„ will promptly attend
to all business in his line. Psrtieular attention
given to running and establishing old or dispn
d lines. Also to surveying of all
ands as soon as warrants are obtained. myl7
Ul7 - HERSEY WATKINS, Notary
T • Public is prepared to ;take Deposl
onseowledge the Threentkat of Deeds,
, Powere of Attorney, and all other
instruments. Affidavits and other papers may
, be sworn to before me.
Office opposite the Banking House of B.S.
Russell fr. op posite
a few doors north of she Ward
Rouse. Towanda, Pa., Jan, 14, 1887.
F. B. FORD—Lietrtsed Auctibneer,
I! •
TOWANDA, PA.,
Will attend promp tly to all business entrusted
to him. ChargM moderat e. 13, MS.
JOHN MORAY,
ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER
Will promptly attend to all business in his line.
Special attention given to Landscape and Mere
oscopic Photography. Views of Family Beal.
deuces,Btores. Public Buildings, Animals. Ma
'chines etc., taken in the best manner.
Particular attention. given to the novel and
beautiful stere-copic representation of objects.
Orders received at Wood & Harding's Photo
graphic Art Gallery, Towanda.
Towanda, April 23.1867.—y1.
ATC4 - 4KERS, JEWELLER
EILIGNgNIN 1111,0THER.
•
Recently from Europe, with a large auortment
of Clocks and Ovate s, from the best manu fac-
tory In switzeriand, have located themselves,
temporarily, at the tiusic Rooms of DeWitt do
Martell, where they will be pleated to show
their wares to tee public. A tnotccugb experi
ence in Europe= es i.,blisbments enables them
to oler assn ante of complete satisfaction In
their department. 'tarticular attention given
to repairing clocks. watches and jewelry. '
Towirdw;Orct. 24, ISG7.-31n*
CRINESE FANS FOR SALE AT
-. the NEWS ROOM.
TBE PLACE. TO BUY TRAVEL
ING Baskets and Baalitta of every des
cription, Is at Frog's Furniture Store.
LIGATION.
had awry Thus*.
azisa t at $2 per
GOOD
,Cll4ll?ublisher.
VOLUME XXVI
T 0. OF-0.F.---BR&DFO • , 111 LODGE
• No. 167, I. 0. of O. F., meet at Odd Fel
lows Mall; every Monday evening t from the ere
Monday In April to the Ant Monday in Octobe
p. m., from October to April Ilat p. m..
J. S. 0/111EY,Seciy.
April 23, 1867. -
WARD HOUSE, TOW
Oct. 8. 1866. 1
A M.ERI:AN HO
Raving purchased thbrwell kno
Bridge Street, I have refurnished
It with every convenience for the
tiorroi all who May patronise me.
be spared to make all pleasant andl
May 3, '6B.—tf. J. B. PATrE
JOHN O. WILSON
Having leased thia l IDeie, it assv
commodate the Travelllniumbl".
nor expense will he spared - to - give
to those w o may give him a call.
sir North side (if the public 'sq
Mercer's new block [pow building
NEW -AIit.ANGEIKENI`
,
AT TEI
I I
'EWS ROOM AND BOOK STORE.
''''The undersigned having purchased the BOOS
STORE ANTI NEWS Itooll of J.l J. Griffiths,
respectfully invite he old patronsluf :the estab
lishment and the p . bile generally, thrall and ex
amine our stock, , 1
May 243,1867.-Iy*
JORWIN,
DRE S MAKERS ;
Itespectfally tende their services the Ladies
of Towanda and v einity. All wrk guarran
teed to give siti3f a tion. Particula att entlon
paid to
CUTEIN AND FIT G.
Bonnie in Basemen of James Elliot 'Bresidence,
on Second Street- Towanda, Oc
~ 17.1867.
MRS. ALLE
W. ♦. PECK.
FASHION ALE TAIL , NGI!
1 •
. • A. TiDAVIDSON, 1
I
Respectfully announces to- the p I lie that he
hai opened a Tailor Shnp hi Barligton Boro'
and will cat and mike Men an i BO a Garments
In the m ,st substantial and .Fashtmble man
ner. CUTTING done on short ;intim and on
reasonable terms.
Partictklar attention given to C
Repairing Clothes of all kinds.
Burlington, Sept..,3, 1867.
FASHIONAIZE TA/Ii
Respectfully Informs the citizens
Boroigh, that he has opened a
In Phiniey's Building opposite the
and.solleits a share of public patro
Ha is prepared to cat and make
the most fashionable style, and :1
ble manner. Perfect-satisfaction • ,
anteed..
Cutting and Repairing done to or
notice. Sept
ripHE UNDERSIGNED
opened a Banking House in
der the name c. G. P. M&BON do
They are prepared . to draw
change, and make collections in
Philadelphia, and all portions of
as also 'England„Germany,
ToZoan money, receive . deposits ,
general Banking business.
G. P. Mason was one of the
Laporte, Pt son .t. Co., of Towan
his knowlf ge of the business men
and adjoin,ng Counties,and having
anking baitilLess for about fifteen
Is house a,desirable one, throe
make collections.
Tow ands, Oct. 1,1888.
, MILLINERY, & DRESS
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C. T. SMITH,
TQW4I'D . A, PA;I
LWELL, rUSE, -To
ALVORD
1. 3.
B: W. LLVOILD
& MISS
LEWIS EEHBEIN
TAILOR SHOP,
WINTER STYLES ! NEW
MRS. SEAMAN,
Deaires to inform the ladles of
vicinity that she is now prepared
NEW STYLES AND NEW
She has constantly on hand a full
and is pt epared to execute orders a
eat possible notice. also a great
patterns, just received . Particula
given to dress and cloak making.
Booms over Cohen ,t Rosenflel
Store, Benny's Block. I y
Towanda, Nov. 16,1867.
JEWELRY STORE•AT
A. YOUNG,
Informs the citizens of Sullivan coui
has opened a Jewelry Store, in the
polite Weller A t Ackley's store, Du
he will keep6n hand an assortment
JEWELRY, WATCHES, AND
Which will be sold as low'as at any
in the country. Particular attend
Watch and. Clock Repatrink.).
ma- Give me a call, many ye.
ence will enable me to kive , sapigfactt
Di:whore, Oct. 9, 1867.
—7_
AIDING & SMALLE
.., .
Having entered into a do-partnerehiplor the
( e
transaction of the PHOTOGRAPH. C business,
at the rooms formeriS ' occupied b Wood and
Harding, would respectfully call t attention
of the public to several styles of Pic area which
we make specialties; as : Solar Photographs,
Plain, Penciled and Colored, Cpalthes, Porce
lain Pictures, kc., which we claim t ei br cleanness
and brilliancy of tone and Artist! finish, can
nor be excelled. - We invite all to ex ine them
as well as the mbre common kinds f Portraits
which we make, knowing full we l that they
will bear the closest g
!'inspection.
.T Gallery
claims the highest re pu tation for d work of
any in this section o country, an i we are de
termined by a strict attention to hasiness and
the superior quality.of oar work, not only
retain bat Increase BS very enbiabl repdlation. 1
We keep .constantly on,hand the t varietyl
of Frames and at low'ertirices than tarty other
establishment in town. Also 'P separtouta
Card frames, Card i Easels, Hol es' • Stereo- -
scopes, Stereoscopic Vies, and tve ything else
of Importance pertaining to the bus nese. Give
as an early can I
N. B.—Solar Printing for the t de on the
most reasonable terms. D. IIiBDING,
Aug. 29,17. I F. SIIALLBY.
THE FIRST SIATION -
The First National _Blacksmi
Camptown, Pa., has -! this — day d ec
dead on Horse Shoeing of 25 per
equally divided among customers, o
favorable parkfalleTelved in th
We are prepared to a oe your horse
made from the best o N. V. Iron,
tire, and we gnarrantee to your . en
Goo as we warrantl work at
Miters and others ( to m a distance
to advantage to call at this
they will find on Meth le Street,
Avery's store and the Academy Bat
II JOSEPT
-comMowo, Nov . Pp. 1867.-3 m .
AUCTION /PID COM
B+ORE!
• I
MOE & uL
RAN3I ,
Permanently located •In the soot •
Ward House, Goods 2•0111 on comm
vances made on—conOgnments.
Mondays, Wednesdail and Sate rda
side sales promptly attended to by
R..MOE,
Address Towandi bk Mouroetoa.
Jan.)3. d. • •
1 ,1 DINING,
AI SION, and Parlcs. Tables, a$
FM
fitledt4 fottrg.
Oh Cupid's bank Love drew a draft
'ln favor of myself,
And payable in kisses quaffed
'1 From some fair maiden elf.
DA, PA.
clutehed the cheek with eager - grip t
Before the inichad dried,
iiind let not many momenta slip
Ere to the bank I hied.
House.
roprieter.
EL,
With trembling'heart, yet fink-resolve,
I felt a sheepish fellow, •
When I demanded payment of
'• Mary, the paying teller.
Hotel on
and refitted
aooommods•
o pains will
agreeable.
,ON tProp.
the gazed upon the scrip askance,
In coquetry well trained,
Ponceiving, at a single glance,
F The import it contained.
ANNA, PA.,.
Then backwilrd threy, her ourlihead,
14,111 to ac
As if she had intended
ip,pay me off, but simply said,
f t . !‘"This bank has just suspended !"
. No pains
ffittisf notion
re, east o
TICE IRON SHROUD.
r s e castle of the Prince . of Tolfi
w built on the summit of the tow
ering and precipitous rock of Scylla,
and commanded a magnificent view
a t Sicily in all its grandeur. 'Here
d ring the-wars of the middle ages,
w en the fertile plains of Italy were
d vaststed by hostile faction, those
L.
prisoners were confined, for whose
ransom a costly price was demanded.
-Here, too, in a dungeon, excavated
de' p in the solid rock„the miserable
vi tim was, immured, whom revenge
p . sued,—the- dark, fierce, and un
pliiing revenge of an Italian heart.
' Vivenzio—the noble and the gen
erijus, the fearless in battle, and the
pride of Naples in her sonny hours
of peace, the young, the brave, the
proud Vivenzio fell beneath this sub
tle, and remorseless spirit. He was
th prisoner of Tolfi, and he languish.
ed in that rock-encircled dungeon,
.which stood alone, and whose portals
ne'er opened twice on a living cap
tiv .
i had the semblance of a vast
e, for the roof, and floor, and sides,
r e of iron, solidly wrought, and
e
a 1
i
ciously..ponstricted. High above
l e ran n a range of seven-grated
Widows, guarded with massy bars
of he alle metal, which admitted
ight and air. Save these, and the
al folding doors beneath theni„
vh ch occupied the centre, no chink,
T chasm, or protection broke the
4 oth black surface of the walls.-
4 iron bedstead, littered with straw
,6 d in one corner '
• and beside it,
mid filled with water, and a
)arse dish filled with coarser food.
4ven the intrepid soul of Vivenzio
shrbuk with dismay as he entered
this abode, and heard the ponderous
doqrs triple-locked' by the silent raf
fia is who condicted him to it. Their
sil ' ce seemed prophetic of his fate,
ofhe living grave that had been
ftl
pre ared for him. His menances and
his ; le . ntreaties. his indignant appeals
for Ipstice ' and his 'impatient ques
tioning of their intentions, were alike
vain. They listened, but spoke not.
Pitlininisters of a 'rime that should
haV,e no tongue I i '
How dismal was the sound of their
retiring steps I r And, as' their faint
echpes died along the winding pass
ages, a fearful
_presage grew within!
hint that never more the face, or
voite ,
or tread, of man, would greet
1
hitt' enses. He had seen human be
inge for the last time I And he had
looked his last neon' the bright sky,
and,' upon the smiling earth, and upon
a b eautiful world he loved, and ; whose
minion he had been 1 Here -he was
to 4d his life,-a life he had just be•
gun to revel in 1 And by what means?
By secret poison ? or by murderous
assgiult ? No—for then it had been
neOless to bring him thither. Pam
ineii perhaps—a thousand deaths in
(well It was terrible to think of it,
butt it was yet more terrible to pic
ture long, long years pf captivity, in
a s4litude so appalling, a loneliness.
so dreary, that thought for want oc
fellowship, would lose itself in mad
neap, or stagnate into idiocy.
Ile could not hope to escape, un
less he had the, power, with his bare
hands, of rending' asunder the solid
iron walls of his prison. He . could
not :hope for liberty from the relent
less' Mercies of his enemy. His in
stant death, under any form of refined
cruelty, was not the object of Tolfi,
Nile might have inflicted it,' and he
had; not. It was too evident, there.
font he was reserved for some preoi
meditated - scheme of subtle Ten
geteace ; and what vengeince could
traiiae,end in fiendish malice,_ either
thej',slow death of famine, or the Still
slo , Pver one of solitary. incarceration,
till the last lingering spark of life
expired, or till reason fled, and noth7
ineshould remain:, to perish but the
brute functions of the body ?
li•was evening when Vivenzio 'en
tera his dungeon, and the approach
ineshailes of night wrapped it in
`total darkness, as he paced up and
&vitt; revolving in his' mind these
horrible forebodings. No tolling bell
frotii the castle, or from any neigh
boring church or Convent, struck up
on bis ear to tell how the hours paell
a i Frequently be would ‘ Stop and
listen for some soiind that might be
token the Vicinity, of. man ; but the
sol4ude of the desert, the silence of
theitotub, are not so still and deep iiii
theloppressive desolation by which
he `was-encompassed. His heart
stink within him, . and he , threw
himself dejectedly upon his oonoh of
straw. Here sleep gradually oblit,
erated the consoionsnesa 'of misery,
andbland dreams wafted his delight
ed Spirit to scenes • f whieh were once
glOkine realities for him, in whose
ravishing illusions he soon lost the
renembrance,that he was Tolfi's ifiri
soqr. . -
BARBER.
LEATUti.g.
eaning and
RING
Towanda
eana House
!lage.
• meats iu
moo dare
ill be guar-
.er on shor
40, 1867.
HAVE
wand*, un-
Ila of Ex
ew
York,
the United
nd France.
nd to do a
H.e firm of
a, Pa., and
lof Bradford
been in the
r• ears . make
Lkh which to
MASON,
MASON.
G. F.
A. 0
AKIN G}
!GOOM
wanda and
tidbit her
1:113
t• : • trttnent,
rrr the short
variety of
attention
la Clothing
SHORE
tthat be
d ding op
bore, when
LOCKS,-
.ther pine
1, , n paid to
:rai exp er
'll Shop of
aced a IMO
- nt., to be
tog tothe
past year.
with shoes
, n short no
ire satisfse
s shop.-
will find It
op, which
between C.
!ding,
P. LEE.—
ISSION
ER,
end of the
lon. Ad
ar sates
a, All dot-
!MI
EXTEN
WITS.
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~.,-;;:.,:::
LOVE% MAST.
e fititztal gait.
- ,
UGAKDZIU 07 D>4IfQIIOLTIOT 'll2oli ANT 41irAierint----.
When he awoke, it 'Was dsilight ;
but how long he had slept he kneW
not. It might iits early morning,' or
it might be sultry"' noon, for hi 3 could
measure time by tio other note of its
progress than' light and&arkness.---;
He gazed arimad with an air of doibt.
And amazement, and -took lop a hand
ful of the straw - upon which he lay;
•its though he **desk liiinself.what
it meant. But memory, I trio faithful
to her office, soon unveiled the mel
ancholy past, 'while reason; shudder
ing at the task, flashed before his
eyes the tremendous ' future. The
contrast overpowered him. He re
thained for some time lamenting, like
a. truth, the bright visions that had
vanished ; and recoiling from the ,
present, which clung to him as c Pm.
Boned garment. , .
When he grew' more calm, he sur
veyed his gloomy dungeon. Alas .1
the strong light of day only selved
to confirm what the gloomy- indis
tinctness of the , preceding evening
had partially dis Closed, the utter lin
possibility of escape. As, however,
his eyes wandered round and round,
and from place to place, he noticed
two circumstances whiCh excited his
surprise and curiosity. The one, he'
thought, might be fancy ; bat the
other,- was positive. His pitcher of
water, and the_dish which contained
his food, had been removed froth his
side while \ lhe slept, and now stood
near the door. - Were ho even in
clined to doubt this, by supposing
be had mistaken the spot where he
saw them over night, he could not,
as the pitcher now in his dungeon
was neither of the same form or col
or as the other, while -the food was
changed for some other of better
quality. &had been visited therefore
during the night But how had the
person obtained entrance ? Could he
have slept soundly,- that the unlock
ing and opening , of those:ponderous
portals - were effected without waking
him ? He would have said this was
not possible, but that in doing- so, he
must admit a greeter ' difficulty, an
entrance by other means,: of -which
he was convinced there existed none.
It was not intended, then, that he
should be left to perish from hunger.
But the secret and mysterions mode
of supplying him with food, seemed
to indicate he was to have no copper ,
trinity of communicating with a hu
man being. ---,
-
The other circumstance whichlad
attracted his notice, was the disap
pearance, as he believed, of one of
the seven grated windows that ran
along the top of his. prison. He felt
confident that he had observed and
counted them ; for he was rather sur
prised at their number, and there
was something peculiar in their form
as well as in the manner of theirar
ratigement, at unequal distances. It
was so much easier,. however, to sup
pose he was mistaken, than that a
portion - of' the solid iron, which form
ed the walls, could have escaped
from its position, ,that he soon dis
missed the thought - from his mind.
The day passed wearily and gloom
ily ; though not 'without a faint hope
that, by keeping watch at night, he
might observe when the pernon came
again to bring shim , food _ which he
supposed he would do in the same• -
way as before. The mere thought of
being approached by a living emir
tine, and the opportunity' it might
present of learning the doom pre.
pared, or preparing, ter 'him; impart:,
.ed some comfort- Besides, irhe •
came alone, might he not in a furious
onset overpower him? Or he might
be accessible to pity, or the influence_
of such munificent rewards as he'
could bestow, if once more at liber
ty and master of hithself. Say he
were armed. The worst that could •
befall, if nor - bribe, nor prayers, nor
force prevailed, was a faithful blow,
which, though dealt in ` a damned
cause, might work a detilie&end.--:
There was no chance so desperate,
but it looked lovely, in Vivenzio's
eyes compared with:the idea of being
totally abandoned. , 1
The night came, Vivenzio; watched;
morning came, Viyenzio was con
founded I He must have slumbered
lxithout, knowing. it. ' Sleep must
have stolen over him when exhaust
ed by fatigue, and in that interval of
feverish-repose he bad been baffled ;
for there stood his-replenished pitch
er of water, and,there his day's meal!
Nor was this •all. Casting his looks
toward the windows he counted but
FIVII i Here was no deception.; tend
he was now convinced there had been
none - '.the day before. Bat what did
all,thisportend ti Into what strange
said mysterious den had he been cast?
Hie gazed till his eyes'. ached.;. he
could discover nothing to explain the
mystery. That it was so, he knew.
Why it was so, he racked his knee
nation in vain to 'conjecture. • He ex.
sinned • the doori. A, ..single circum
stance convinced him they, had net
been Oria. 1 • ' -
A wisp ' of'Straw, which he ha&
careleisly throWn against them the
preceding day, 'as be - 'passed to-an&
fro, remained where he had cast: it,
though it -must have been dieplae,ed
by the slightest m otion, of either of
the doors. This was evidenCe that
could not be'disputed,; and it-follow
ed there inert Pe some . secret, ma
chinery in the walls by which a per ,
son could enter. I He, inspected - .theta
closely. - They appeared 'to-him one
i
&did and compact mass of iron ; Or
joined, if joined they were, with such
nice art, that no mark of division
was perceptible. Again and' again,
he surveyed the% and the ficierand ,
ihe roof _and that' range Of ; visions'
rY windows, as he waa-newillitiOst,
tempted to consider theiti-i he could,'
dibeilVer nothinvabsolutelynothine
to relieve his dotibW ( or _8404y-his
enrioaitY. , Sothetinieshela" Ciedlthat
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altogether the .dungeon °. h , a more
contracted, apPearsnce, the it let keij
mealier.; but t4ialinAsetibed - teifati-
Cy, and' the impression initeriillylpro- ,
&iced upon his miadby the' undenin-.
E
bledisappearatuxi of two of thewin
dows. -i -: -., . ••:.. ~ . .
With intense anxiety, - Vivenr.ici
-looked forwaidtetheteturri - of night;
and as:-lit= approached,- he :resolved
that, no •, treacherous: sleep', should
again barer him; Instead seek-
ing his bed of straw, he continued to
walk up and down his dungeon till
taylight, straining his eyes in every
direction - through • the darkness, •to
watch Air any - appearaneee that,
might explain these ta,ysteries. While
thus engaged,' and '• se nearly' es ho
could judge,(by the time that after
ward elapsed :before the , molting
creme in) about two so,clook, there
was a slight tremulous motion , of , the.
'floor. He stooped. The Motion last
ed nearly a minute 4, but ' it ' was se
extremely gentle, that he' shiest
'doubted whether it was real, er only
imaginary. He listened. Not neetind
could be heard. Presently, however,
he r felt a rushilif cold air Me* upon
him ; and dashing toward the .qnar:
ter whence it seemed to proceed, he
stumbled over something which, he
judged to be the -water ewer. • -The
rush of cold air was no longer „per-
Ceptible ; and as Viirenzio.stretelied
out his hands, he found himself close
to the walls. He' remained motion
less for a. considerable time ; hat
nothing occurred during the remain
der of the night;o excite' his atten
tion,
i n
tion, though he continhed to wa ch
with unabated vigilance. -
The first approaches of the Mo -
ing were visible through the . grated,
Nindows, breaking, with, faint divi-,
glens of light, I the darkness that Still -
Pervaded every' other part,‘ Int% be
fore Vivenzio was enabled te distin
-1 guish any object in hie dungeon. In
etinctively and fearfully he turned
his eyes, hot and inflamed with watch
ing, toward them. - There were. penal
He could see only four ; -but it might
be that some intervening object "pre
vented the fifth from becoming per
ceptible - and he waited impatiently
to ascertainif it Were so. As - the
light "strengthened, however, 'and
t i t
penetrated every corner of t e cell,
other objects of amazement struck
his sight. ,On the ground ay, tl;
broken fragments of the pi her h
had used the day before, a d at a
small distance from them , n ea rer to
the-wall, . stood the one he ad: no
ticed the fiat night. It was [filled ,
with water, and beside it was his 1
} 4
food. He' was now certain hat by
some mechanical eoliths-ace, a open-
,ing was obtained through t iron I
wall, and that thronghtthis ope ning
the current of. air had found en ance,
But how noiselesel For had feath
er almost waved at the time h ',must
have heard it. i Again he ex alined
that part of the wall ; but both to •
sight and touch it appeared one even
and uniform suitace, while to repeat
ed and violent ;blows, there Was no
reverberating sound indicative of
hollowness. • • . • ' --. i
This perplexing mystery had for a
time withdrawn his thoughta from
the windows ; but now, directing his
them h again - towards them hil) I saw
that the filth had disappe are d : iti the
same manner as the -, pre in two, ,
without the least ,distingtii hahle al- .
teration, of external app s reams.—
it
.Remaining-four looked as e Seven
had originally looked ; th e is, been
pying, at , irregular dietan s the top
of the : all on that aide o 'the dun
geon. •- The folding doo , toe, still
iieemed•taitatid beneath, • thecen
.tre of these ,four, .as it ad Stiirst
atood in the centre of the yea Bat
he weld lid - lenger donb what, on
the predediag day, he fan ied ought
be the effect of visual de co Mon. The
,dungeon was smaller. Th roof had
lowered and the opposi ends had
contracted the intertnedia distance.
by a apace equal, he tho u ht, to that
over which the three w*, dowti had
extended. ,He was be ildered in
vain imagingings to acco t for l theee
things. Some frightful pul p 7 cte---,
some devilish torture of mind, or ody
—home unheard of device- Or tlirode
cing exquislte misery, lurked, lie was
sure, itcwh t had taken place.: _ ]
' Oppressed, with this belief, and die
/
tracted more by the dreadful
,n cer
tainty of whatever ;fate imps ded, •
than he could be disinayed,lie th ght
by the knowledge of the . wor e .he
i f
sati ruminat i
ng, hour after hour, iel4-
ing i b. ) is fear in , succession to ev ery
ha Ord fa cy. At ;last a ho 'hie •
suspicion fleshed suddenly.across hie
mind, and he Started u with a:fran
tic air: " Yes," he e xclaimed, look
ing wildly round hi; c =dung eon , and
shuddering as he a ke— "'Yeti I it
must be o°l I see it---I feel thettnad
(Jelling truth like aeon:thing flames
Upon my , brain I ' Eternal GOd l—
suptiort me I 'lt mnet be so II •Ves, _
yes, that is to'be my fate 1 rib roof
, willidescend I—these walls will hens
me - round—ea alowly,! slowly, *ash
tae in their iron arms I"; i 1 4
• He dashed himself upon the ground
in agony ; tears butit.fronthim,:and
the sweat kteiod In large drops upon
his face- - --fie sobbed alondr-le tore
his ihairr-he - rolled about-like one ,
suffering intolerable angnishof body,
`acd;wculd bav i e bitten the iron floor
beneath him.; ,he breathed, :fearful
curses upon Tolti, and - :the,neit mo
me4 passionate .prayers :.tar heaven
fOr mumallite - death k; , Then thc*lol
-twice of.his grief became exhausted;
and_he ,lay still, wiping as a child
would.. -weep. The twilight, of de
parting day shed . ; its :gleent around
him cre he arpanfrointkiatposture if
utter.anith,Pßellielil-: rt i tiivii lieVildi
-faint with hunger; we , r b with wiitah
ing, and with the excess of hhi emu ,
lion-.:,.1ie tasted of ,his food ; he
drank - With avidity of Itherwatir ; and=
heeling like . a drtitiketi'llnth - -to hie
sitxamr; cast himself-open 4t leVrood
• again Over the spialling , iinngejhat
inid eastened - itself tipionL;his,idniost
- crenated: , tilts. • 1 , - --. , .
ife,*o.: it hisv_slumbersi4ery
hot itantpiik. flo:litiisteki lig lone
- as ' hei (wild, theii Wiiptoitehl-' arid
- when; 4ttaiit,,*fee.brlikittre Ylitla'
;4.; .i. , ;:.1,::::•:,;-“1,11-
ed to their:influence, he found no oh
!hien hernia - cares: Terrible dreams
hintitedhim— ghastly visions harrow
ed up , his;imagination—h'shouted
.andsoreatned,,:as if be "a l eady felt,
tke dungeon's ponderous roof de-:
scerilling, on him—be bre teed hard
1
and thick, as though 'Writhing be- 1
tweeti its iron walls. Then wcaild
he-spring. up-,stare wildly about
iiitik-p; stretch forth :his hands to be,
; spree: he, yet bad specs e,noogh to Hie
-.-and,mutteringao incoherent words
„Sink 'do wn'again, to prise throtigh_the
genie 'fierce ' vicissitudes of delirious
sleep: . ~ i • . j ...- , ---
, t,
The worming :- of thee fourth day
. de,urngd oriti,ViVoll49,' Butit was
high noon befOre hitkintild shook off
its stupor, or he , sire" to' a full eon-
Bch:Maness '- Of his situation. ' `And
what a fixed- energy-,..4despair .sat
upon hie pale featurek - este, cast his
eyes eprard, and gazed upon the
min windows that , now alone :re-
Maine& 1 the three 1-v-there were 'no
more 1--and they seemed to number
his,OW/1 allotted days. _ Slowly and
calmly he next surveyed the top,atd
sides,and comprehended all the, ittean
lug of the diminished "heightof 'the
formet,`as well as - of the gradual 'ap
proximatiort-of the latter. , . ...The 9n
tracted dimensions of his mysteritilia,
prisen were now too gross and pelpe-
-ble to be the juggle of his heatedlim- '
magination. Still lost in wonder at
the 'Melina, 'Vivenzio' could put - no :
cheat upon =his reason, se-to` the end,
By, W hat horrible ingenuity;it was'
conlived, . that walls, and Toof,, and
'win( ows i : should thus silently and ,
imperceptibly, ,' without noise, • and
wit?ut motion - almost, fold, art . it
wer , withineanh;Other, he knew not.
He Only luiew.they did so ; and he
vainly strove to persuade himself it
was the intention of the contriver . to
plc the miserable wretch who might
be iirun there; withanticjpations,
~ .
merety;.o il d a
fate, from -whiah in the
very crisis of- his agony he was to be
reprieved. 1 , -
- Gladly would he have clung. even
to this possibility, if his heart would
have let him • , but he felt a dreadful
assurance of Its fillaoy, .And what
matchless inhumanity it; was to deem
the sufferer to such lingering tor
ments--to lead him day by day to so
ppalling a death; unsupported by
the consolations of religion, unvisited
iby any litiettut being, abandoned to
liiinself, l deserted of all, mid denied
even the sad privilege-of knowing
*Mt his cruel destinj 'would awaken
pity I Alone he was to perish ! alone
be was to wait a Slow coming torture,
whose most , exquisite pangs would
be inflicted by that very solitude and
that tardy coming 1
• "It is not death I fear," he exclaim
ed, "but the death I mist prepare for 1
Methinks, too, I could meet even that
—all horrible and reyolting as it is—
if it might overtakes me now. But
Where shall 'I find fortitude to tarry
till it come I How can I outlive the
three. longdeys and nights I have to
live? There,is no.power within me
to bid the . hide*ous spectre hence—
none to,make it familiar to my thot's ;
or myself, - patient of its errand. My
thoughts,, rether, 'will flee' from me,
and I,grow mad int looking at it. Oh I.
for a deep, sleep to fall Upon me 1'
That so; in: death's' likeness, I might
embrace death itself, aed drink no
more of . the cup that is presented to
me,than my:fainted spirit has already
tasted l'l,' _ - . I
' in thernidst of these lamentations,
Viyerizio noticed that his 4,/e . .sestomed
meal, with the pitcher : of water, - had
been conveyed, as before, -into - his
dungeon. But this ,circumstanee no
longer excited his -surprise/ His
mind watt_ overwhelmed with othere
of a far greater magnitude. It eng
gested, however, a feeble hope of de
liverance ; and there iS no hope so
feeble, as not to yield some support
to silent tending under despair.—
Heresolved to wata, daring the en
uiuge night, for the signer he had be
fore observed; and shcaild he again
feel the gentle, tremulous motion of
the floor, or the, current of air,to seize
that moment forgiving audible ex
pression to'his misery.. Some person
must be near him, 'and' within reach
of his voice, at the instant--when his
food wee'
_supplied -I some one,, per
,hape, susceptible of, pity. ', Or if not,
to .fietold even that his. apprehensions '
were - just, and that his fate. Was to be
what he-foreboded,, : -. , . 4
-: , The night came.; and as the lour
app ' , . , when Vivensio imagined ,
he:might, ,spent the: signs he _stood I
- fixed and A abut as atainte.- .He
feared-to hlinthe ahnost v iestibe might
WO WI B.krindi whioh would warn
bitft, of them' 004iiog, :While thus list
_entlig; -.. with viv' , faculty of mind
anitbedy strain ed - to en agony of at
teotion, it ,occurred to him that, he
.shouldbe erre sensible of the motion ;
prOatly . ,if he stretched himself along
theironfloor. - He accordingly laid
hireselfioftly dewii,eini bad not beep
long in that position When—yes—he
was certain of
..it -the floor moved
itnder,him t He, Sprang. up, and in a'
- voi6e.auffocited nearly, _with emotion,
Or•Ilod aloud. iie paused—the motion
or* (1-4 e felt ,no stream of air--all.
,
was htislied—n4 voice , answered to
1118 7 :- . lie burst into tears' ,; and' as he
sunk to "the` pronnd in 'renelired an
gnash, exclaimed,_'o, my God l i - tqx
God 1 VOW : Optic; t u tus niter to save .
TWO j new, Pt - etrengthen me for tike
:trial' you perinitin ' _ •:,
~
Another 'Morning dawned Upon the
4reicliedieepti've l and the fetal \ index
liif#` down 6,l'it ilide'eyes. . Two W,in
rdo ' ;l=and ftendays:-!and all - would
Ibe ()Ter! Weep feud I fresh" water I
1 Theimyiteriotis - ;visit had been 'tisk!,
1 thOngli'he had firiPlOredit in , vain.
But hoe , awfully Was his pra an
!ikierat-lia,what• heoneW'Sa ' I The
'Tbe(rotif °HU' dikekeen- ' ' `Within
a foot of his head. -'l'h we endel
ielnit - so rietr,= , -thatin s paces; be,
rtrikihespiteabetween thaire.4 Niveu!l
ado - shoddersintahe gatedituid eielii!
et 87 .1 traversed`' Ofilnetrow -- ere
ri .!•::: - ,r.l . ''' :1 '.' 1 :.1 V ,
`O2 per'Ainium; in Adliance.
But hil feelings -WY longer 'vented
theinselves in frantic wailings.:With
folded arms and clenched teeth, with
eyes thit were bloodshot' from:m
uch
watching; aint fixed with a. Stant
glare npon the ground,' - with a hard
.quick breathing, and a hurried - walk,
be strode backward and forward in
silent- mating !or several hours:—
Mat mind shall conceive, what
tongue utter; or what pen describe
'the terrible characier of his thoughts!
Like the fate thit moulded them,they
had'uo, similitude in the wide range
of this.world's agontforl man. Bud.
denly he stepped, and. his eyes were ,
riveted upon that•part of the Wall
which - was over his bed, Of straw.—
Words are inscribed here I A human
language, traced by,a human hand !
He= .rushes -toward, them I. but his
blecid freezes as he reads :
. _ .
"I; Ludovico Sforza, tempted by
the-gold of the' prince a ... Tolfi,'spent
three years in contriving - . and execu
ting this accursed triump of my art.
When it was. completed, the perfid
ious Tolfi, more devil tha ' man,. who
conducted me hither one ' orning, to
be witness, as henaid, of l' its perfec
tion, doomedine to be the first victim
'of- my own pernicious,skill ; lest, as
he.declared, I should divulge the se
cret, or repeat the effort 9f,my inge
nuity. May God pardoilhim as I
hope he wiltme, that 111 nistered to
.his tuthall6Wed purpose I J Miserable
wretch, whoe'er thou art,t 'at r,eadest
i v
these-lines ,fall on thy kn es, and in
voke,' asf,hiti.e dope, His sustaining"
mercy, who alone Can ne er thee to
meet the vengeance of oifi, armed
with his tremendous eng' e, which in
a few , hours must cies :you, as it
will the needy wretch w 9 made it."
A- deep groan burst fro eci Vivenzio.
He stood like one transfixed,.with di-'
dated eyes, expanded nostrils, and
gnivering lips, gazing at this fatal
inscription. It.was as if a voice from
the sepulchre had sounded in his ears,
"Prepare I",Hope - forsoelk him. There
was. his sentence, recorded in those
dismal words. ‘ The future stood un-'
veiled before him, ghastly and appal
ling. His brain already feele the de-'
scending horror---his bones seem to
crack and crumble in the mighty
grasp of the iron. Walls I Unknowing
what it is he does, he fumbles in his
garment for some weapon of self-de
structihn. He clenches his throat in
a convuldive grip,as though he would
strangle himself at once. He stare:
upon the walls,and his waning spirit
demtinds : "Will.they not. anticipate
their 'office if I dash my head against
them?" An hysterical laugh chokes
him as he exclaims : "Why should I ?
He was but a ifan who died; first in
their fierce bnibface ; and I s h ould
be less than man not to do as much I"
The evening sun was descending,
and Vivenzio beheld its golden beama
Streaming through one of the win-`
dows. What a thrillof joy shot
through his soul at the sight I It was
a precious link; that united him, for
the moment, with . the world - beyond.
There-was' eestasy...ki the thought:--
As-he gazed,'iong aid earnestly, it
seemed as if the windoWs had lower
ed sufficiently for him to reach them:
With .one bound he was beneath
thern:—fcith one , wild spring heplung
to the bars. Whether it was de cons
trived, purposely to madden"with de
light the wretch who lookeil,he knew .
not ; but, at the extremity of along
vista, cut through the 'solid roelis,the
\b
ocean,' the sky, the setting sun, olive
groves, ' shady _ alk, and in the far
thest distance , ' l limns glimpses of
magnificent Sicily, burst upon . his
sight.' I lliw exquisite, was the'eool
breeze as it swept across his: cheek,
loade4 With fragrance I He inhaled it
as though it ivete the breath of con
tintiedlife. And thete was a fresh.
news'in'the landscape, and in :the rip
pling of the calm, green sea, that fell
upon his withering heart like dew
upon the parched - earth. How he
gazed, and panted, and still clung to
his hold I -sometimes hanging by one'
hand, sometimes by. the other, and.
then grasping the bars with both is
loth, to, quit the smiling paradise out
stretched before him ; . till-exhausted,
and his hands sw ollen and :benumbed,
he dropped down helpless,- and lay
stunned for a considerable, time by the
fall.
. .
‘Wheit-he recovered, the glorious
vision had vanished. He was in dark
ness. He doubtawhether it was ttot a
dream
_that had passed ' before, his_
sleeping fancy:;.but grarinally hie
scat ce red thoughts returned, and With
there came'remenibiance. Test he bad
looked One°, again upon the gorgeous
Wender of nature I = , Qnce again his
',Yes had trembled beneath their veil
ed lids, "at the , sun* radiance, and
sought repose in the Soft verdure of
the olive trees or the gentle swell of
undulating waves: -0, that he were
a mariner, - exposed upon those waves
to the worst fury otstorm and tem
petit
. i. or a v..rY .Vetah, loathsome
with diseaseplaguestrieken, and his
body one leprous contagion from
crown to sole, hunted forth ..to gasp
out the remnant of his infectious life"
'beneath. those verdant tree; so he
might shim the destiny upon whose
edge he tottered t
Vain thoughts lace these would
steal over his mind from time to time,
in B.ke Of litireeelf i _but they scarcely
xi:moved it,frpm that stupor into
which kept him dufing the whole
night like one who had' been drugged
with opititn. He was equally insen
sible to the calls Of the of hunger and
of thirst though the third, day, was
now comthencrog', since even a drop
of water had passed his lips. He re
-maned on the ground, sometitnes sit-
Ai D g, •snmetinies lying, at - intervals
sieving heavily ; land when slei:
piog,silently brooding oier.What wad
to come, or talking alottd,in dititfideti
'-ea spetelkof hie wrotigs,of his fiiend; ,
tot , his hotne,linti of those - he loved,
, with a confitsed. miligling of till. 1
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t l 4:diglialliliclaterlighttilikidt faintly
struggled through. the OMB SOLTIAZT
window Cflds. 4ange9 i.., He could
bradiY, 104 1 0id to-: x4ice the, Wien.
cliol7,okeik4.; 144 7.yet*lliallotice
.fgr At te , ,itoii4. his eye! iindiavf
the porte ntous elikusthere PIM
cenvelisPiedistortion, his notice, and •
afthersigh,t - of.,`Woh his agitation
Wee iiimbrive,'fisiis ;the :change:his
iron bed 'had undergone. was a
bed-ncr longer. 1 . It stood before him, -
the visible semblance of a • ftmetal
couches:bier !, When he beheld this,
be Started frons.thegrcrand+ and, in
raising himself;:suddenly etruck,hiii
head against the roof,which arse now
r so low that - he ,could do longer: stand •
upright. ,"God'e."will done in was .
all,he said, as he crouched his body,
'and placed -his hard upon the bier ;
for such it was. The iron bedstead
had been so contrived by mechanical ,
art of Ludovico Sforza, that as the -
sAltancieg walls came in contact with'
its head — And feet, a pressure was
- produced upon concealed , springs,
which-wlittn made "to ptax, set in mo
tion a very simple thoughugenioubly
contrived machienery, -that, :effected
the transformatiOn. The object was,"
of course, to heigliten,. in the closing
scene of this horrible drama,_ all the
feelings of despair and anguish which
the:preceding ones had aroused. Tor
the'same reasori,the last window iwas
so as to admit only a shadowylind
of_ gloom rather than ' light, the *
wretched captive might be suround
ed, as it .were, with every- seeming
preperation for approaching death:
Vivenzio seated himself on his bier.
Then he knelt and prayed fervently ;
and sometimes tears would gush from
him. The air seemed thick,' and he
breathed with difficulty ; or it might
be that he fancied k it was so, from the
hot and narrow limits of.his dungeOn,
which 'were now EO diminished that he .
could neither stand up nor he down
at his full length. But his wasted '
spirits and oppressed mind no longer
struggled arithm him. He was pa4t
hope, and fear shook him_ no more.— •
HaPpy if thus revenge' had struck its
final blow'; ht would have' fallen_
beneath it almost unconscious of , aT,
pang. Bat such a lethargy of the
soul, after such - an excitement of its
fiercest passions, had enteredinto the
diabolical calculations of Tolfi • and
the fell artificer of his design ha d im
agined a counteracting device -
The tolling, of an enxmons bell .
atruck upon the ears o Vivenzio I •
He started. It beat but once. The
Bound was so - close and stunning,
Abet it seemed to shatter his very
brain,. while it -echoed through the
-rocky passages like reverberating
peals_of thunder. - This was followed
by a sudden crash of the. roof ,and
walls, as if they were about to fall
and close around him at once. Vi
yenzio screamed; and instinctively
' spread forth his arms, as though he
had a giant's strength to hold them
back. They had moved nearer to him,
and were now motionless. .Vivenzio
looked up, and saw-the 'roof- almost
touched his head, even aa he sat cow
ering beneath itj and he „felt tlutt fs
farther contraction of but a few inch
es only must commence the frightful
operation. „Roused as he had -"been,
he now gasped for breath." His body
shook violently, he"was bent -nearly
double. His:hand rested upon either
will, and his , feet were drawn under
him to avoid- the pressure' in front.
Thus he remained an horir c or more,
when that deafening bell beat again,
and again there came the crash of
horrid death. But the • concussion
was -now so great that its struck Vi
venzio down.. As he lay gathered up
in lessened bulk, the bell beat loud
and frequent—crash succeeded, crash
—and on, and on, and on 'cane "the
mysterious engine fsf death, Vi.
venzio's smothered- groans were
he: rd no morel He was horribly
cr ~hed by the ponderous roof and
co aping sides—and - the ,flatterA'
bi r was his Iron Shroud! -
gArENTING arr.SL.—T e - test of
"st:el, under _the old process "
ofDia . : in.'
fa i tare, was always so great as to = -
g• In to preclude the idea of using it,' -
except in small articles.. But the
prOvements of late years in the Bei:
mice of manufacture are suoh,that by
new processes steel can be. produced
at a cost which makes it comparative._
ly cheap, in comparison its former
value i and the consequence must be
to introduce it for many uses, where
previeusly_it was unknown. , The—
'Bessamer
_process of steel • mazinfac• •
twit has_ been the most perfect. im
provement yet introduced to notice,
and the quality of the steel which by
that ManitMlation can be• manufac
tured In large= - quantities, is so good,
that the large companies which have
projected work* for the manufacture,
are likely to have as much i business
they can attend to.
Among the uses to which steel is
now !Mt; the employment of -steel
railroad ,hara is by. the meat-im
portant. :-Steel rails are preferable to
these of iron, lasting pinch longer,re
eiating the wear and tear of railroads,
upon which' there: pis • heavy • traffic,-
most ado:tin - 61Y, ned ensuring, -not
withstanding:thczeaDed cciat at first%
great saving hittlie:. limit run. The
loading 'railroad been of Atha Country
are .alive.til the adiautagen of this -
form of manufacture, and they are
sending in their orders to the , ateel
makemin such strength and number,
that this particular branch otmechan
lc arts is already a very beizsgerabi&
;one, and as means, and necessity in
creases, it will biboeue one of the
leading branches.of thesteel inane,
facture in the country. . •
"W i z seer said Swift. to one of his
moss smooth, moods, "what God thrnks
of sidles. Vitt° people he gimes them to."
~ f s your - heArt
,to sympathy, but
olo3s it to despondency. • The flower which
- ovate to receive the dew, shuts itgiaixist,.
• A man seta his son to studying taw, ,
because ha said ha was such, a Sticky little
rascal, and he wanted to thasacit.. his,eble f
talent.
Pumas is a ken observer, but a
wicked reasouota. It like thejtelseeope,
whose 9ekiia els;Avar the moreWbsputratad
it ia.
WHY are tvo 'boys tormenting
.&
dog like butter? &imam there's two t's is
- it , -two teasing iS.
, corintrl of Europe should
tbe Urged capital' pilaw• because
its oughts is always Dublin (dciubling),
GoOsin miners should - atm
'at Borer : Polities:esti not " ato be
worn WWI dreaa 'only; to betut on when
wereeeive or paxeomplimentary visite.
old, bachelor tlkbaL. that ihe
the trains °Mike' are infernal machines,
from the fact that ti blow-np took 'place ha.,
media* after he put hie foot on on':
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